LUPTON FAWCETT - Key Persons

Adam Wilkinson

Job Titles:

Partner - Head of Commercial Property
Partner / Commercial Property

Adam is a partner in our commercial property team. He has a broad range of experience spanning over 12 years dealing with transactions across a number of sectors including development, retail, offices, industrial, charities and local authorities.

Alice Bracken

Job Titles:

Registry Assistant
Registry Assistant - Ecclesiastical & Charities

As faculty and registry clerk for the Diocesan Registrar, Alice advises on the faculty procedure for any works to commence within a church or churchyard in accordance with the faculty jurisdiction rules and the Chancellor's memorial regulations.

Alison Pharoah

Job Titles:

Solicitor / Commercial Property

After graduating from Leeds Beckett University with a 1:1 degree in Law LLB and a distinction in the Legal Practice Course, Alison spent 18 months as a commercial paralegal at an international firm in Leeds before joining Lupton Fawcett's Intellectual Property and Commercial team in November 2018.

Amanda Simmonds

Job Titles:

Senior Associate
Solicitor
Member of the CIOT 's Private Client
Senior Associate Solicitor - Private Client

Amanda advises on all aspects of Private Client work, including wills, trusts and their related documents, mental capacity issues and LPAs, administering estates and giving personal tax planning advice. Also, as a Chartered Tax Adviser, Amanda specialises in complex trustee duty issues, cross border work, offshore trusts and advising Family Businesses. Amanda is a member of the CIOT's Private Client (UK) and Private Client (International) technical subcommittees where she has been part of the teams making representations to HMRC on changes to the taxation of vulnerable beneficiaries' trusts and to the OTS on the recent CGT reviews. "Amanda Simmonds is a senior associate in the private client team. Several sources praise Simmonds' technical abilities on complex trusts and tax work. One interviewee says she is ‘very knowledgeable and experienced in all aspects of trust and estate planning.' Another reports that ‘she's very approachable, knowledgeable and extremely helpful. She responds very quickly, and clients like that.'"

Andrew Gilchrist

Job Titles:

Partner
Partner - Employment

Andrew is a Partner at Lupton Fawcett and heads the multi-award winning Employment Law Department. He advises employers and employees (primarily senior executives) on a wide range of employment and HR related matters, including discrimination issues, TUPE, corporate restructures, executive terminations, large scale redundancies and appeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT). "He (Andy Gilchrist) is a great lawyer. He is very thorough, detail-orientated and ensures clients understand the issues." "Andy is really excellent in every way. He is super approachable and gives clear and concise advice."

Angela Gorton

Job Titles:

Partner - Employment

Angela has over 20 years of experience in dealing with the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. Described as a ‘Key lawyer' in Legal 500, clients appreciate Angela's personable, yet commercially minded ‘no nonsense' approach. She works closely with senior leaders and HR professionals to ensure HR problems are avoided and/or managed in a calm, efficient and effective manner. She also represents senior executives. "I work closely with Angela Gorton who has taken the time to get to know our business, is always on the end of a phone and gives sound, practical advice. Angela is definitely my first ‘go-to' for legal advice."

Anna Clark

Job Titles:

Chartered Legal Executive
Chartered Legal Executive - Commercial Property

Anna is an experienced Chartered Legal Executive specialising in commercial property. She has a broad range of experience of working with public, private and charitable clients, meaning that her clients benefit from a wide range of skills and knowledge across diverse sectors.

Beth Credgington

Job Titles:

Senior Solicitor
Senior Solicitor - Private Client

After studying Law at Northumbria University, Beth graduated in 2016 with a 1st class degree and Masters in Law.

Beverley Mightly

Job Titles:

Registry Assistant
Registry Assistant - Ecclesiastical & Charities

Beverley's extensive experience covers a wide spectrum of issues in regards to the administrative workings of the Parishes/Churches within the Diocese of Leeds.

Caitlin Humble

Job Titles:

Trainee Solicitor
Member of the Leeds Junior Lawyer Division
Trainee Solicitor - Private Client

Caitlin is a trainee solicitor who has been with the firm since October 2021 after achieving a First-Class Honors degree in law at the University of Liverpool in 2020, and more recently, a distinction in her Legal Practice Course in June 2021. Caitlin is currently in the fourth seat of her training contract after previously completing a seat in Employment, Corporate Finance, and Dispute Management. Caitlin is also a member of the Leeds Junior Lawyer Division.

Catherine Richardson

Job Titles:

Associate Solicitor - Commercial Property

Catherine joined Lupton Fawcett Solicitors in 2006 and is an Associate Solicitor in the Commercial Property team.

Charlene Vilia

Job Titles:

Senior Associate
Solicitor
Senior Associate Solicitor - Private Client
Senior Associate Solicitor in the Private Client Department and Is Based

Charlene is an Senior Associate Solicitor in the Private Client Department and is based at the firm's Sheffield office. She joined Lupton Fawcett LLP in January 2021 and has worked as a Private Client Solicitor since qualifying as a Solicitor in 2012.

Christopher Burns

Job Titles:

Partner
Solicitor
Member of Our Education
Partner - Head of Family and Head of Charities and Social Enterprises
Partner and Head of the Family Team

Christopher Burns, Partner and Head of the Family Team, has over 27 year's experience of dealing with complex financial and children's cases. Chris also heads up our Charities and Social Enterprises team. Chris is also a valued member of our Education and Family Business teams.

Claire Mayfield-Tulip

Job Titles:

Partner / Commercial Property

Claire's practice is centred around development work in both the residential and commercial sectors for onward sale or retention for investment. Claire also deals with the associated secured lending work required on such development. She prides herself on being proactive, identifying issues and preparing solutions long before issues become problematic in a transaction.

Claire Moss

Job Titles:

Partner
Senior Associate
Partner - Dispute Management

Claire has extensive experience of dealing with property related disputes. Claire regularly acts for both landlords and tenants in respect of disputes relating to both commercial and residential properties. "Have worked with senior associate Claire Moss on a number of occasions who quickly understands the issues and gets to the crux of the matter in question."

Clive Lawrence

Job Titles:

Consultant
Consultant - Head of Intellectual Property

Clive advises on the full range of intellectual property issues, dealing with the identification, securing and registration of intellectual property rights, their commercial exploitation in agreements and their enforcement through the Courts. He has a particular focus on brands, trade mark and passing off issues. "Clive Lawrence has impressive knowledge and experience, is very professional and provides an excellent service."

Daniel McCormack

Job Titles:

Corporate Finance
Partner
Partner - Corporate Finance

Daniel has been a partner in the Corporate Finance team for a 10 years. He is a highly experienced transactions lawyer who has worked on many high-value deals for both buyers and sellers across a range of sectors.

David Coates

Job Titles:

Consultant - Commercial Property

David founded Coates & Co, a boutique commercial law firm, and headed it for 25 years, before merging with a larger law firm. He is now a consultant in the commercial property department of Lupton Fawcett LLP.

David Smyllie

Job Titles:

Director
Partner
Partner - Business Recovery & Insolvency

With over 35 years' experience in all areas of UK corporate and personal insolvency and restructuring, there are very few situations involving UK based distressed or insolvent businesses which David has not encountered on behalf of all types of stakeholder (e.g. Insolvency Practitioners, directors, shareholders, lenders and creditors).

David Whitaker

Job Titles:

Partner
Partner - Head of Ecclesiastical & Charities

David is the Registrar for the diocese of Leeds and is a Deputy Registrar in the Diocese of York and the Deputy Registrar of the discipline tribunals for the Province of York. David is also part of The Ecclesiastical Law Society, Ecclesiastical Law Association, Charity Law Association & Law Society.

Dawn Bray

Job Titles:

Employment Officer - Employment

Dawn has been with Lupton Fawcett LLP since 1994. She's undertaken a number of support and administrative roles during that time, culminating in her present position as a Employment Officer in the firm's Employment Department.

Deborah Nyamutumbu

Job Titles:

Conveyancing Assistant
Conveyancing Assistant - Residential Property

A motivated Law Graduate aiming to further her knowledge in the legal sector and with a particular interest in Residential Property - Deborah is currently working as a conveyancing assistant.